QUALITY: Feedback! Hearing from you helps not only us improve, and feel awesome, but it also puts more eyes on the kind of things that you enjoy! Comment in the blog's comment section, on Trivia Club's facebook page or in our twitter feed. We want to hear from you, as we make our way through Season 40! LISTEN TO THE PODCAST! Subscribe to us on iTUNES! Do the same on YouTube!QUALITY: J.K. Simmons is an inspired choice as a host, and
something that the Fantasy League was quite excited to see. I feel that Blake
Shelton did quite a good job as quite the opposite end of the spectrum, a
musical guest first and host second who also happened to be a reality show
judge. Simmons, as a front-runner Oscar nominee for Whiplash instead arrives
with a pedigree, cinema geek favoritism, and high expectations. With the 40th
Anniversary Special right around the corner you have to wonder how much heat
this show had, but Simmons delivered. The show didn’t hit from top to bottom,
but Bayer did wonderfully with the Activity Pack short, the Whiplash gag in the
monologue showed why Leslie Jones has become a much needed weapon in SNL’s
arsenal, and pantsless Simmons made an otherwise half on the mark music video
into a memorable sketch!

QUALITY: Moynihan is the only current cast member that could
make “Pushie” work.

PROBLEMATIC: As positive as I’m being, there was a pacing
problem in even the best sketches. Mike O’Brien was great to see, but the gag
of The Jay-Z Story wore out pretty fast. As I noted before, Teacher’s Snow Day
was full frontal Simmons away from being a non-starter. The ideas are
excellent, the execution just didn’t fully land.

QUALITY: I’m still giving J.K. Simmons high hosting marks
for the show. He was game, and he’s one of those high I’d ride for… SO I’d put
him somewhere between Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz this season.

QUALITY: Speaking of this season, has someone told you that
it’s the FOURTIETH season of Saturday Night Live. To put that in perspective, I
wasn’t even alive the last time Eddie Murphy hosted the show in December 1984.
But he’s coming back, and he’s not the only one. Here is the first promo.

REPERTORY CAST

Aidy Bryant, 54 points

7 points - cold open

5 points - dancing

10 points - monologue

5 points - sketch (Miss Trash 2015)

5 points - dancing

7 points - pre-taped sketch (Teacher's Snow Day)

5 points - dancing/rapping

2 points - swearing ("pretty tought ass")

5 points - sketch (Letter to Phil)

3 points - post-songs sketch (Japanese Messy Boy)

Jay Pharoah, 52 points

7 points - cold open

4 points - swearing ("punk ass mayor", "happy
ass shaggy dog")

10 points - "LIVE FROM NEW YORK...!"

7 points - pre-taped sketch (Super Bowl Activity Pack)

7 points - pre-taped sketch (Teacher's Snow Day)

5 points - dancing/rapping

7 points - pre-taped sketch (The Jay Z Story)

5 points - rapping/dancing

Bobby Moynihan, 44 points

7 points - cold open

5 points - dancing

7 points - pre-taped sketch (Super Bowl Activity Pack)

7 points - pre-taped sketch (Teacher's Snow Day)

5 points - dancing/rapping

5 points - sketch (Letter to Phil)

5 points - dancing

3 points - post-songs sketch (Japanese Messy Boy)

Cecily Strong, 39 points

5 points - sketch (Miss Trash 2015)

5 points - dancing

7 points - pre-taped sketch (Teacher's Snow Day)

5 points - dancing/rapping

2 points - swearing ("zero f*cks givin'")

7 points - Weekend Update

5 points - reoccurring (One-Dimensional Female Character)

3 points - post-songs sketch (Japanese Messy Boy)

Kenan Thompson, 34 points

5 points - promos

7 points - cold open

5 points - sketch (Cinema Classics)

5 points - reoccurring (Reese De'What)

7 points - pre-taped sketch (Teacher's Snow Day)

5 points - dancing/rapping

Kate McKinnon, 32 points

5 points - promos

5 points - sketch (Miss Trash 2015)

5 points - dancing

5 points - sketch (Cinema Classics)

7 points - pre-taped sketch (Teacher's Snow Day)

5 points - dancing/rapping

Taran Killam, 32 points

7 points - cold open

5 points - sketch (Cinema Classics)

7 points - Weekend Update

5 points - reoccurring (Jebidiah Atkinson)

7 points - pre-taped sketch (The Jay Z Story)

1 point - sketch voiceover (Japanese Messy Boy)

Vanessa Bayer, 17 points

7 points - pre-taped sketch sketch (Super Bowl Activity
Pack)

5 points - dancing

5 points - sketch (Miss Trash 2015)

FEATURED CAST

Pete Davidson, 46 points

7 points - cold open

5 points - dancing

10 points - monologue

7 points - pre-taped sketch (Teacher's Snow Day)

2 points - swearing ("thought my teachers were
bitches")

7 points - pre-taped sketch (The Jay Z Story)

3 points - post-song sketch (Japanese Messy Boy)

5 points - host hug

Kyle Mooney, 41 points

7 points - cold open

5 points - dancing

10 points - monologue

7 points - pre-taped sketch (Teacher's Snow Day)

5 points - dancing/rapping

4 points - swearing ("motherf*ckaaas")

3 points - post-song sketch (Japanese Messy Boy)

Sasheer Zamata, 39 points

7 points - cold open

5 points - dancing

7 points - pre-taped sketch (Teacher's Snow Day)

5 points - dancing/rapping

7 points - pre-taped sketch (The Jay Z Story)

5 points - reoccurring (Beyonce)

3 points - post-songs sketch (Japanese Messy Boy)

Leslie Jones, 25 points

10 points - monologue

7 points - pre-taped sketch (Teacher's Snow Day)

5 points - dancing/rapping

3 points - post-song sketch (Japanese Messy Boy)

Beck Bennett, 14 points

7 points - cold open

7 points - pre-taped sketch sketch (Super Bowl Activity
Pack)

HOST

J.K. Simmons, 83 points

2 points - swearing ("kiss my ass")

10 points - pre-taped sketch (Super Bowl Activity Pack)

5 points - sketch (Miss Trash 2015)

5 points - singing

5 points - sketch (Cinema Classics)

10 points - pre-taped sketch (Teacher's Snow Day)

5 points - dancing/rapping

4 points - swearing ("ass")

15 points - nudity (full frontal)

5 points - sketch (Letter to Phil)

10 points - pre-taped sketch (The Jay Z Story)

5 points - post-songs sketch (Japanese Messy Boy)

2 points - embraces guest first

Fred Armisen, 10 points

10 points - monologue

Jason Sudeikis, 7 points

7 points - pre-taped sketch (The Jay Z Story)

REPERTORY LEAGUE

PARDO GROUP

THE TEAM YOU WISH YOU HADN'T STARTED A CONVERSATION WITH AT
A PARTY - Brian

MARTHA STEWART'S HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS: TOPLESS CHRISTMAS
SPECIAL - Robb

Taran Killam - 32

Vanessa Bayer - 17

Sasheer Zamata - 39

MUSICAL GUEST - D' Angelo - SONGS: 1) Really Love & 2)
Sugah Daddy

5 points - first song

EPISODE THIRTEEN TOTAL 93

PHIL HARTMAN TROPHY STANDINGS(after Episode 40x13)

The Future Mrs. Randy Goldman - 1, 614

The Ignorant Sluts - 1, 604

Natalie Portman's Dry Cleaning - 1, 597

Isolated Archipelago - 1, 586

The Team You Wish You Hadn't Started A Conversation With At
A Party - 1, 522

Billion Dollar Murrays - 1, 498

The Not Ready For First Place Players - 1, 474

Keyrock, Khan, & Associates - 1, 293

FEATURED LEAGUE STANDINGS

Three Legged Jeans - 1, 723

Santa's My Boyfriend - 1, 669

The Night Crawlerz - 1, 600

Dan Akroyd Rage - 1, 580

Damian and the Feline Sociopaths - 1, 551

Pardo Me - 1, 547

Fallon In Love - 1, 542

Martha Stewat's Home for the Holidays: Topless Christmas
Special - 1, 525

The Land Sharks - 1, 517

The Vondrukes - 1, 456

Suck It Trebek - 1, 443

Skanky Little Prostitutes - 1, 376

My Doll's Name is Jenny - 1, 370

Yes, once again The Future Mrs. Randy Goldman is on top of
the leader board in this Chase for the Phil Hartman Trophy. Wonderfully
supported by an MVP night for Aidy Bryant, trashing it up as Miss Delaware
among other things. Also, making a big play on The Ignorant Sluts’ uncharacteristically weak Saturday Night, are Natalie
Portman’s Dry Cleaning who are now nearly tied with our reigning Fantasy League
champions, thanks in part by an excellent night from Bobby Moynihan! Save for
possibly Keyrock, Khan, & Associates (who we still can’t mathematically
rule out… probably) Season 40 could still be ANYONES year!

Three Legged Jeans held fast atop the Featured League
standings, continuing a strong second-half to Season 40. The rest of the
Featured League otherwise stayed as it was, save for Pardo Me and Fallon In Love
making the biggest moves, hopping into the top half of the League over Martha
Stewart’s Home for the Holidays: Topless Christmas Special.

And speaking of specials! Some table setting, as it were, in
preparation for the 40th Anniversary Special Spectacular on the 14th
of February! As some of you may have noticed, we have given out points to those
cast members who have appeared along-side former SNL hosts or cast members.
These points won’t be given during the three-hour special. That would be
insane. We WILL though, still give points for cast members appearing in scenes,
and all the requisite activities. As well, all prognosticated Host picks that
appear would also receive points for doing whatever it is that they do.

I’m really excited for this. And not just because of the
names mentioned during the SECOND promo, aired during the Super Bowl.

MURRAY! Alright, see you all on February 14th,
ladies and gentlemen! We’ll likely have a live podcast on the YouTube channel
so look for THAT, and there will also be plans and announcements pertaining to
the season finale and what we at the Saturday Night Live Fantasy League have in
store!

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